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Page 2. Whitby Fr.. Press, Wednesday, JuIy 3, 1M9 2 c-harged after fight = -jT RS How you choose to pay tribute to a life lived or make an expression of remembrance is a personal choice. Your Municipal Cemeter yServing the Town of Whitby* luii op1Nm 13 LYF~D FI E~ F~ ýs; 1-1 D F FRESH MEAT f DEL'I I CHEESE 5$2.00 OFF 1 .Any order of $10.00 or more with this coupon. JL 1 Offer expires July 10196. e ONTARIO DRÙG BENEFITS IMPORTANT News for Seniors and People Receiving Social Assistance, Because. the federal government- has 'reduced transfer payments for Ontario's health and social services by $2.1i billion over the next two years, the Ontario government must oct now to preserve its drug programs. Starting July 15, Ontario Drug Benefit recipients will contribute a smal ? amounit toward their prescription costs. Ontario is lhe last province to introduce co-payments. How much you pay depends, on your income. You wilI pay up to $2 per prescription if you are: esingle, 65 or ovér, with a net income of Iess thon $1 6,018 per year *a couple, both over 65, with a combi ned net income of less than $24,1 75 per year *living in a nursing home, home for the aged or home for special care e receiv in g welfare or family benefits *receiving home care You're 65 and your incarne is higher thon the above? Then you pay the first $100 cf your drug costs each year. After that, you'il pay only the 0DB dispensing féeecf up to $6.11i per prescription. You have extra health insuranice. from a private company? Caîl your company. It may cover co-payment costs. Cal the Ministry more questions. pharmacy. Or look for information sheets at )ROtai have your Serving Durham since 1981. An argument between two men over dininer led to a violent melee with an axe at a Dundas Street East reuidence June 20. 1 Police say the fight spilled out into the yard in full view of several neighbours. Witnesses say one man grah- bed an axe and chased the other back inside the house with it threatening to 1<111 hlm and swingin g it at hlm before strik- mig a metal shed, slicing through tHe thon struck somo flower- Pots and smashed an eaves- trough and the front door before smashing a window with a hockey stick and throwing it through, say police. The man w o a been chased inside the house then grabbed the hockey stick and ca s3winginlg it at hie attacker, polic say, hitting hlm in the Ieg befo>re fleign hie bicycle. Police arrested both men »- they found one of them hiding in a nearby field. Bruce Peter L Iailey,1 37, of Athol Street Was charged with two counts of weapons danger- ous, assault with a webapo thrieatening death and misc7hieta over $5 000. Gerafd Francis Russell, 35, of Dundas Street East, was charged with causing a disturbanco by fighting and weapons dangerous. Neither man was hurt during the incident and police note alco- bol was a factor.' Patio adve rtised before ap proval By Juliet Youn Whitby council lat woek approved- the installation of a rear patio at the, Earl of Durhamn Dining Lounge, 227 Brock St. S. But oe councillor questioned why the restaurant '&jumped the gun". by advortising tho- grand openng- before it even received approval from'council. A planning report states that "«tho applicant not use the patio areas until the Town is iii receipt of the, amended liquor licence.» «Now I suspect. that (res- taurant staff members) were thinking they had a sufficient, number of votes. that the appro- val would carry,» said councillor Judi Longfleld after the meeting «But I think that it would Lo more approprte to wait until they ha ,een given official aroal firet, sid Longfiold aZn" some itims have beeni voted down by council (i the past).» The Town approqved the ros- tauran's lapplication -for the amonded site plan on the sole condition that there'le no live entertainment on the patio after il p.m. 5,500 sq. ft. historical office building on Brock St., in Whitby. Partially leased to National tenant. Suitable for owner/user. Asking $595,000 For further information or to view Cali D.J. Fleming Fleming Realty Ine. 905-686-8155